The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-08

fully report that they have met and care
fully examined said rules, compared them
with the former rules and find that in gen
eral they are great improvement upon
the rules now used; the arrangement Is
logical and complete, matters Of no I'M
portance have been committed, matters
hitherto of doubt and uncertainty have
been elucidated, the rules relative to bills
have been so altered and Simplifed as to
render their treatment easier doing away
with the necessity of suspending the rules
in order to print bill on first reading; the
number of debatable motions is reduced,
whereby much time may be saved without
in any degree removing the opportunity for
fullest discussion on all matters. The rule
relative to the 60 Previous Question " has
been changed so that it will hereafter re-
quire three fifths majority. The duties,
obligations and powers of committees have
been more clearly defined, matter much
needed in the former rules. The Commit
tee on Accounts has been charged with the
supervision and control of all expenditures
of the Legislature, leaving it to the clerk
to execute their orders, which is as it
should be.
But perhaps the most important rule is
that made necessary by the new COnstitu
ton relative to vetoed bills. The matter
was discussed at length in committee as to
whether the question of passing a bill
Notwithstanding veto, should be decided
by ballot or by calling the ayes and noes;
the latter method is recommended, but the
attention of the House is hereby called to
it for further revision if necessary.
The new rules follow old and well es
tablished precedents as far as possible.
The committee therefore recommend the
adoption of the rules of procedure for the
House as herewith reported.
w. r. CASTLE,
J. 1. DowsETT SR.,
JOHN RICHARDSON,
G. w. ASHFORD,
J. MAGUIRE.
Noble Young moved the report be
adopted and 300 copies be printed.
Minister Brown would like to have the
rules read before the report was adopted.
No doubt the rest of the members would
like to hear them. He had every conf
dence in the committee who had presented
them. He moved as an amendment that
they be committed to the House in Com
mittee OF the Whole during the afternoon.
Noble Young accepted the amendment.
Noble Widemann thought few copies
should be printed and laid before the
House so that the members could see what
they were going to vote on.
After some further discussion the report
was laid on the table and copies of the
rules ordered printed.
RESOLUTIONS.
Noble Smith moved that the petition
presented from Makawao and Molokai be
referred to the Finance Committee
Agreed to.
Rep. Kalaukoa gave notice of an Act to
repeal chapters II, 45, Is and Is Session
Laws of 1882, also chapter 81 Session Laws
of 1886.
INTERNAL POLICE BILL.
Minister Ashford read for the first time
an Act to provide for and regulate the in
ternal police of the Kingdom.
The bill states that the Attorney-G General
snail have the supervision and control of
the police. There shall be a Marshal, who
shall be kind of Chief of Police, but he is
to be under the control of, and responsible
to the Attorney-G General. The Marshal
shall hold Office under a commission from
the King, upon the nomination Of the At
tOrney-General. With the approval of the
Acknowledgement the Marshal can appoint
a deputy.
Noble Wideman said half an hour had
been wasted in reading this bill. Why did
not the Minister ask to have the bill read
by its title2 He did not think there was a
member i'll the House who had listened to
any two consecutive paragraphs. He
moved the rules be suspended. Agreed to.
On motion of Rep. G. Brown the bill was
then referred to the Printing Committee.
THE GOVERNORS BILL.
Minister Ashford read for first time bill
to abolish the Office of Governor. The bill
proposes to do away with the Office OF Gov
ernor on any island after December 81, 1887.
Rep. G. Brown moved that the bill be re-
jected, for the reason that this was an ex-
traordinary session and there were certain
matters contained in His Majestys speech
which should first receive attention. If
they abolished the Office now it would lay
out work to keep them in session until next
May without anything else. They would
have to go through nearly every statute on
the books where the Governor had any
function to perform. He thought matter
of this Importance, and where it had ex-
listed so long, could rest until the May ses-
sion. The House had not time, as many
members had other duties to attend to out
side. The Ministers had nothing else to do
but sit there and go on drawing their sal
aries.
Minister Ashford reminded the House
that the Kings speech recommends that
all unnecessary offices be abolished with
view to retrenchment. He regarded this
to be obligatory on the part of the Minis
tiers, and this bill was CARRYING it out The
objections raised by Rep. G. Brown were
not admissible; they do not exist. The
main reason for this bill is that the Gov
erDOrS have done nOtbioy huf drauy thar